Transformers HOF Fan's Choice is now the Hartman Award!

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Transformers HOF Fan's Choice is now the Hartman Award!

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Originally Posted by Karl Hartman Via Facebook

Each year at the Hasbro Transformers Hall of Fame dinner during BotCon (the official Transformers convention), Transformers characters and the creative people behind the Transformers brand are inducted into the Transformers hall of fame. The fans are asked to vote each year for one character that they want to be inducted into the hall of fame, as a fan's choice. This year, Aaron Archer, one of the vice presidents and creative directors at Hasbro, declared that the fan's choice award will now be called the Hartman award, named for my brother Jon and my contributions to the Transformers fan community over the years, specifically the creation of BotCon 18 years ago in 1994. We are certainly very honored and humbled by this recognition. This is a picture of Aaron and myself taken at the Hasbro booth at BotCon this afternoon.

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I have been collecting Transformers nonstop since 84. And I have been online since the only place to talk Transformers was att. I see this as a nod to the entire fandom, since the Hartmans have always been huge fans and laid so much groundwork for the fan aspect we enjoy today. This is no situation where corporate america is taking over, which seems to be the underlying fear someone posted. This is fandom.